Welcome to CSC 471
- Course: Modern Malware Analysis (CSC 471), Spring 2026.
- Instructor: Dr. Si Chen, Department of Computer Science, West Chester University.
- A hands-on, technical course. You will spend most of your time in a debugger, a disassembler, and a locked-down VM — not reading slides.
- Goal: turn an unknown binary into a written report that answers "What does this do, how does it work, and how do we detect it?"
- By the end of the term you will analyze real malware behavior safely and explain it in the language of professionals.
Key Takeaway
This course trades "learning about" malware for "taking malware apart." Expect labs, not lectures alone.